RELEASE-NOTES-1.36

= MediaWiki 1.36 =

== MediaWiki 1.36.0-PRERELEASE ==

THIS IS NOT A RELEASE YET

MediaWiki 1.36 is an alpha-quality development branch, and is not recommended
for use in production.

== Upgrading notes for 1.36 ==
Don't forget to always back up your database before upgrading!

See the file UPGRADE for more detailed upgrade instructions, including
important information when upgrading from versions prior to 1.11.

Some specific notes for MediaWiki 1.36 upgrades are below:

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For notes on 1.35.x and older releases, see HISTORY.

=== Configuration changes for system administrators in 1.36 ===

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==== New configuration ====
* $wgManualRevertSearchRadius – this introduces a new feature that marks edits
  as reverts if they restore the page to an exact previous state. This
  configuration variable sets the maximum number of revisions of a page that
  will be checked against every new edit. Set this to 0 to disable the feature
  entirely.
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==== Changed configuration ====
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==== Removed configuration ====
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=== New user-facing features in 1.36 ===
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=== New developer features in 1.36 ===
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=== External library changes in 1.36 ===
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==== New external libraries ====
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===== New development-only external libraries =====
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==== Changed external libraries ====
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==== Removed external libraries ====
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=== Bug fixes in 1.36 ===
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=== Action API changes in 1.36 ===
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=== Action API internal changes in 1.36 ===
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=== Languages updated in 1.36 ===
MediaWiki supports over 350 languages. Many localisations are updated regularly.
Below only new and removed languages are listed, as well as changes to languages
because of Phabricator reports.

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=== Breaking changes in 1.36 ===
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=== Deprecations in 1.36 ===
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=== Other changes in 1.36 ===
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== Compatibility ==
MediaWiki 1.36 requires PHP 7.2.22 or later, and the following PHP extensions:

* ctype
* dom
* fileinfo
* iconv
* json
* mbstring
* xml

MySQL/MariaDB is the recommended DBMS. PostgreSQL or SQLite can also be used,
but support for them is somewhat less mature.

The supported versions are:

* MySQL 5.5.8 or later
* PostgreSQL 9.2 or later
* SQLite 3.8.0 or later

== Online documentation ==
Documentation for both end-users and site administrators is available on
MediaWiki.org, and is covered under the GNU Free Documentation License (except
for pages that explicitly state that their contents are in the public domain):

       https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Documentation

== Mailing list ==
A mailing list is available for MediaWiki user support and discussion:

       https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l

A low-traffic announcements-only list is also available:

       https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-announce

It's highly recommended that you sign up for one of these lists if you're
going to run a public MediaWiki, so you can be notified of security fixes.

== IRC help ==
There's usually someone online in #mediawiki on irc.freenode.net.